Cervical Expert Witnesses
Cervical expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on cervical. The cervical expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Anesthesiology, Diagnostic Radiology, Hospital Administration, Neurological Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Orthopedics - Non-Surgical, Pain Management - Medicine, Physical Therapy, Radiology, and Spine Surgery & Spine Care.
Geoffrey Riley, M.D.
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California
Radiology, Diagnostic Radiology
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Orthopedic imaging, sports imaging, musculoskeletal imaging, bone and joint imaging, oncology imaging, fractures, MRI, spine, spinal injuries, worker's comp, emergency imaging, trauma radiology, cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine imaging, x-rays, radiographs, radiology, CT
Dr. Riley is a board certified radiologist with 20+ years of experience in general and musculoskeletal radiology. He is a Clinical Professor of Radiology at Stanford University Hospital. During training, he was the recipient of the Residency Research Award at UC Davis, and the Resident’s Teaching Award at UC San Francisco.
Dr. Riley is the past President, and Vice President, of the San Francisco Bay Radiological Society. He is a member of numerous leadership committees and is the conference organizer for the Musculoskeletal Infectious Disease, Hip Preservation, and Arthroscopic correlation Interdisciplinary conferences. He is the radiology liaison for Stanford Hospital’s Sarcoma Tumor Board. He is also involved in quality improvement projects at Stanford Hospital.
Dr. Riley received his board certification in radiology from the American Board of Radiology and earned certification by the American National Board of Medical Examiners.
Dr. Riley has published in medical jour...
Eli Loch, D.O.
Pain Management Physician - Florida Georgia
Ponte Vedra, Florida
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Interventional, injection, epidural, facet, radiofrequency ablation, rhizotomy, neck, back, cervical, lumbar, sciatica, radiculopathy, neuropathy, pain, spinal cord stimulation, nerve injury, herniated disc, joint, knee, shoulder
Dr. Loch started his medical education at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. After graduating medical school, he completed a highly competitive residency in anesthesiology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. While there, he developed a passion for treating patients with complex spine, joint, and nerve pathology. Staying at the University of Florida, he was selected for an elite fellowship in interventional pain management to train with nationally recognized leaders in the field. Dr. Loch is board certified in both anesthesiology and interventional pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is very experienced in image guided interventional procedures, having personally performed over 10,000 spine, joint, and nerve injections. He is active at Baptist Hospital Nassau, being both a consulting physician and member of the credentialing committee.
Dr. Loch has also been involved with numerous professional societies including the American Society of I...
Eli Loch, D.O.
Pain Management Physician - Florida Georgia
Georgia
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Interventional, injection, epidural, facet, radiofrequency ablation, rhizotomy, neck, back, cervical, lumbar, sciatica, radiculopathy, neuropathy, pain, spinal cord stimulation, nerve injury, herniated disc, joint, knee, shoulder
Dr. Loch started his medical education at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine. After graduating medical school, he completed a highly competitive residency in anesthesiology at the University of Florida in Gainesville. While there, he developed a passion for treating patients with complex spine, joint, and nerve pathology. Staying at the University of Florida, he was selected for an elite fellowship in interventional pain management to train with nationally recognized leaders in the field. Dr. Loch is board certified in both anesthesiology and interventional pain management by the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is very experienced in image guided interventional procedures, having personally performed over 10,000 spine, joint, and nerve injections. He is active at Baptist Hospital Nassau, being both a consulting physician and member of the credentialing committee.
Dr. Loch has also been involved with numerous professional societies including the American Society of I...
Darren W. Volk, MS, PT, CLT
Third Opinion MD, LLC
Clayton, Georgia
Physical Therapy, Orthopedics - Non-Surgical
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Physical Therapy, Acute Care, Range of Motion, Automobile Accident, Vehicle Injury, Arthritis, Hyperextension, Orthopedics, Exercise, Extension, Abduction, Rehabilitation, Wellness, Muscle Flexibility, Adduction, Wound Care, Pain, Rehab Protocol, Cervical
Licensed Physical Therapist with more than 27 years of experience. Served as an expert witness on automobile accident injuries.
Available for medical records review, case disposition analysis, depositions and court testimonies.
Jesse P. Butler, MD, CIME
Spine Consultants
Niles, Illinois
Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care
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Orthopedic Spine Surgery, Complex Adult Revision Surgery, Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar Spine Disorders, Degenerative Disc Disease, Herniated Disc, Sciatica, Spinal Stenosis, Spondylolisthesis, Osteoporotic Compression Fractures, Independent Medical Evaluations
Jesse P. Butler, MD, CIME, ABOS certified, fellowship trained and certified independent medical examiner and practicing spine surgeon. Dr. Butler offers an evidenced based medical opinion for spine (cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx) related cases. He has extensive experience with Independent Medical Evaluations (IME), Section 12 examinations, AMA Guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment 6th edition, record reviews, expert witness, trial testimony and complex and revision spine surgery. Dr. Butler is a past member of the Illinois Workers' Compensation Commission Medical Fee Advisory Board (2004-2011).
Northwestern University - Orthopedic Surgical Residency, Chicago, Illinois
Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center - Spine Surgery Fellowship, Chicago, Illinois
Highly credible expert witness renowned for clear defensible medical opinions.
Maricela Schnur, MD, MBA
Duluth, Minnesota
Pain Management - Medicine, Hospital Administration
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Hospital Administration, Opioid Safety, Failed Back Surgery Syndrome, Neck Pain, Spinal Cord Simulation, Intrathecal Pumps, Low back Pain, Epidural safety, Cervical, thoracic, lumbar injections, Peripheral nerve blocks, CRPS, Radiofrequency Ablations, Peripheral Nerve Stimulation
Dr. Maricela Schnur is a Harvard and Mayo trained interventional Pain Physician with extensive experience in diagnosing and treating patients with chronic pain conditions. She is skilled in performing a variety of interventional procedures to alleviate pain and improve quality of life for patients including epidurals, facet joint injections, medial branch blocks (cervical/thoracic/lumbar), radiofrequency ablations, spinal cord stimulation, peripheral nerve stimulators and intrathecal pump placements. She is active in a number of professional societies and was a founding member of the Society of Women Innovators in Pain Management. She consults for device companies several times a year and teaches at cadaver courses around the country. She currently works full time at a hospital in Northern Minnesota as as interventional pain physician where she also has an administrative position as the Neuromusculoskeletal Dyad Leader at her hospital.
Philip Smucker, MD
Neurosurgery MD - 16 years practice spine + brain
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care
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spine, brain, peripheral nerve, lumbar, cervical, thoracic, spine surgery, fusion, myelopathy, cauda equina syndrome, lumbar stenosis, brain injury, subdural, head injury, fracture, hematoma, disc, infection, minimally invasive, trauma
I am a board certified neurosurgeon, actively practicing full brain and spine surgery along with neurosurgery clinic at a regional medical center, including elective/urgent/trauma surgeries. I have worked 16+ years in one stable practice.
My primary neurosurgery focus is on spine, brain, and trauma.
I graduated with multiple scholarships from Indiana University, the largest medical school in the country, and did 7 years of neurosurgery residency covering 5 hospitals following that time.
My academic achievements include 99th percentile national scores on USMLE step 1 medical boards, and 95th percentile nationally for neurosurgery written boards.
I have published in peer-reviewed journals and served many administrative roles.
I was elected to 2 terms (4 years) as department of surgery chair, and I currently serve as section of neurosurgery lead physician. I served multiple years on credentialing committees, 4 years as medical group compensation committee chair, years as a membe...
Ananth Eleswarapu
Board Certified Spine Surgeon
Bronx, New York
Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Orthopedic Surgery
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Diskectomy / Discectomy, Herniated Disk, Spine Surgery, Scoliosis, Cauda Equina Syndrome, Degenerative disease, Back pain, Back problems, Sciatica, Spine Deformation, Numbness, Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Post Laminectomy Syndrome, Radiculitis, Spinal Cord, back injury, neck injury, Tingling
Credentials:
American Board of Orthopedic Surgery
Affiliations:
Assistant Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Neurosurgery
AO Spine North America
Hospital Affiliations:
Montefiore Medical Center
Ananth Eleswarapu, MD is an Orthopedic Spine Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Neurosurgery, and Associate Director of the Spine Center at Montefiore-Einstein. Dr. Eleswarapu’s clinical focus is on the operative and non-operative treatment of disorders of the spine, including scoliosis, infections, tumors, fractures and degenerative disease.
After receiving his Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University in 2006, Dr. Eleswarapu attended the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, earning his Doctor of Medicine in 2011. He began his postdoctoral training as a resident in orthopedic surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center, completing his residency in 2016. Dr. Eleswarapu then attended University of California Davis Medical Center for a yearlong fellowship in...
Don A Koenigsberg, DO
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology
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Spine, Neck, back, lumbar, cervical, auto, pain, epidural, injection, RSD, nerve, injury
I was the Chairman of Anesthesiology at St Agnes Medical Center in Philadelphia for 14 years.They were a national leader in Burn Care.
I have extensive experience in interventional pain management. My practice now is very active and I see 80-100 patients a week most of which are not involved in litigation.
Certified by American Board of Independent Medical Examiners.
John Burleson, MD
Ortho Spine Surgeon w/ diverse technology training
Full Circle Spine Inc.
Brentwood, Tennessee
Orthopedic Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care
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robotics, robotics, minimally invasive, surgery, disc replacement, fusion, navigation, augmented reality, 3d printing, revision, technology, spine, deformity, mri, trauma, personal injury, lumbar, pedicle, accident, cervical
I am a Board Certified (American Board of Orthopedic Surgery) Orthopedic Spine surgeon with Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics in Middle Tennessee. I function primarily as a spine surgeon, but I also take general orthopedic trauma call and fix fractures as required. I use spinal robotics, surgical navigation and augmented reality when indicated and believe in making surgeries as minimally invasive as possible to achieve the best outcome.
EDUCATION
August 2019 – July 2020
Texas Back Institute
July 2013 – June 2019
University of Massachusetts Medical Center
August 2009 – May 2013
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
August 2005 – May 2009
Dallas Baptist University, Dallas, TX
COMMITTEES
Physician Ambassador Committee – TriStar StoneCrest Hospital – August 2023 - Present
Credentialing Committee - TriStar StoneCrest Hospital - January 2023 – Present
Surgical Robotics Committee – TriStar StoneCrest Hospital – January 2022 - Present
Surgery Advisory Committee - TriStar StoneCr...
Ramesh Singa, MD
HealthAdvise
Austin, Texas
Anesthesiology, Pain Management - Medicine
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Interventional pain management, intrathecal targeted drug delivery, pump, injection, epidural, facet, radiofrequency ablation, rhizotomy, neck, back, cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sciatica, radiculopathy, neuropathy, spinal cord stimulation, nerve injury, herniated disc, degeneration
Ramesh Singa, MD, is a pain management physician board certified in Pain Management and Anesthesiology. He is part of the Republic Spine and Pain team in Leander and Austin, TX. With over 15yrs experience, Dr. Singa’s top areas of expertise are Invertebral Disc Disease, Sacroiliac Joint Disease, Cervical Spondylosis, and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
Training
Medical
Rusha Medical College
Residency
St. Barnabas Health Care System
Fellowship
Rush University Medical Center
Board Certifications
American Board of Anesthesiology
American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
Christine Hammer, MD, FAANS, FCNS
Board Certified Spine focused Neurosurgeon
West XIX Integrative Neurosurgery Consulting
Steilacoom, Washington
Spine Surgery & Spine Care, Neurological Surgery
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spine, lumbar, cervical, neurosurgery, spine surgery, back pain, neck pain
I am a neuro/ortho spine fellowship trained board certified neurosurgeon in good standing with all professional communities (AANS, NASS, CNS). I have practiced in both a hospital based and private based models (currently in private practice). I have operated in the hospital, surgery centers and procedure rooms of our clinic space. I am comfortable with LNI and MVC cases. I have testified in court and participated in depositions. I am comfortable providing a written report of my findings after reviewing charts. My style conforms to SEAK recommendations and guidelines.